A woman who was sentenced to death in her native Sudan has now returned to Manchester, and her family and friends were overjoyed to welcome her home.

A woman who was sentenced to death in her native Sudan has now returned to Manchester, and her family and friends were overjoyed to welcome her home.

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Updated: 8:53 AM EDT Aug 1, 2014

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WEBVTT FROM THE TRAFFIC NETWORK, 95.7FM WZID, SUZANNE ROANTREE. ALL RIGHT. SUZANNE. THANK YOU. A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF THIS MORNING FROM A WOMAN FROM SEDAN AND HER HUSBAND FROM MANCHESTER. MERIAM IBRAHIM ARRIVED IN MANCHESTER LAST NIGHT WITH HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN. SHE HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SEDAN FOR REFUSING TO RENOUNCE HER CHRISTIAN FAITH. RAY BREWER IS LIVE IN MANCHESTER, AND LAST NIGHT A HUGE CROWD GATHERED TO WELCOME THE FAMILY HOME. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, ERIN. THE CROWD ERUPTING IN CHEERS. MERIAM IBRAHIM IMMERGED INTO THE TERMINAL. THIS IS THE MOMENT THEY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR. A CHANCE TO SEE HER FREE ON AMERICAN SOIL, WEEKS AGO SHE WAS FACING THE DEATH PENALTY. [ APPLAUSE ] SENTENCED TO DIE BECAUSE SHE MARRIED A CHRISTIAN MAN AND REFUSED TO RENOUNCE THAT FAITH AFTER ENDURING MONTHS IN A SUDANESE PRISON, MERIAM IBRAHIM IS FREE. I WAS SO HAPPY. EVERYBODY IS CRYING, I'M CRYING. FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED TO GREET MERIAM IBRAHIM AND HER HUSBAND, DANIEL WANI AND HER TWO CHILDREN. MERIAM IBRAHIM DID NOT SPEAK TO THE MEDIA, BUT DANIEL DID. WE WERE BARELY ABLE TO HEAR HIM HIM, HE THANKS, EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT. THE EXPRESSION AND TEARS SPOKE VOLUME. A LONG JOURNEY HOME FOR MERIAM IBRAHIM, AFTER LEAVING SEDAN, SHE FLEW TO ROME AND HEFT THE POPE WHO PRAISED HER FOR STANDING BY HER CHRISTIAN BELIEFS. THEN THURSDAY NIGHT, SHE FINALLY FLEW HOME TO MANCHESTER. SHE HAS PEOPLE ROOTING FOR HER. SO GOD WILL HELP HER. AND WITH PEOPLE. FAMILY FRIEND, LEWIS AND COUSIN TO THE FAMILY, RITA, HAD BOTH PRAYED FOR THIS DAY. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT TODAY. THAT THEY ARE HERE. LIKE, LIKE, WE HEAR -- FROM SUDAN. WE ARE HEAR. THE SAME PROBLEM, LIKE -- LIKE -- THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE. NOW, LIKE, LIKE -- THE TESTIMONY FOR OUR, US. SECURE HERE AT THE AIRPORT WAS EXTREMELY TIGHT LAST NIGHT.

Family, friends rejoice over Sudanese woman's return

A woman who was sentenced to death in her native Sudan has now returned to Manchester, and her family and friends were overjoyed to welcome her home.